VashTSPD wrote:PS: joking aside, my dad did buy me my first set of lockpicks.
Now THAT is a cool dad. Now all you have to do is get him interested in picking locks. That would be really cool. Heh, I can just see competitions with your dad as an opponent.
My first "pro" set was an ESP pick set many, many years ago given to me by my grandfather. Wish he was still here.
Funny story. He quit smoking years and years before he passed away, but it was a ahbit I picked up and somewhere around 10-12 years after he had kicked the habit, I was sitting at the table trying to roll a cigarette the really old fashioned way, with papers.
Since I don't smoke other materials, this was something I was not at all familair with. My grandfather being the annoying gent he could be reached over, took a paper with one hand, used the paper to pick up the tobacco, rolled it between his fingers and then sealed the thing. One handed! I just sat there while this almost perfect cigarette stared at me. When I looked at him, he has the biggest crap eating grin I have ever seen, and he says, "you have to practice some more" and then walked out of the room.
It was emblematic of much of what he did. Often teaching by just showing you something and then letting you figure the rest out by yourself. To this day I still cannot roll a cigarette with only one hand.
If your dad does get into picking, have some fun with it. You might be able to teach him something new.
Romstar
